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i1 gun JOHN SEGEDY, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR r MORRIS Keane, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-BUNCH MACHINE.

Application filed May 21, 1923. Serial No. 6%,426.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Sncnor, a citizen of Hungary, and a resident of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Cigar Bunch Machine, of which the following,

taken in connection with the drawings accompanying and forming a parthereof, is a specification.

This invention relates to machines by means of which an operator may make a cigar bunch comprising a binder having scrap tobacco contained therein.

Among the objects of this invention is to obtain a cigar bunch machine whereby a combined long filler and scrap tobacco bunch may be made, wherein the scrap tobacco is disposed on both sides of the long filler to bacco, and from which bunch a. cigar is ultimately obtained having scrap tobacco therein which is so made as to remove the objections which are now advanced by the smokers of ordinary scrap tobaccoiilled cigars. An additional object being to ob.- tain a cigar having a bunch comprising'long filler. and scrap tobacco therein which will have substantially the same rigidity as a cigar comprising only'a long filler, thus ren- 39 dering the cigar less liable to become broken when carried in the pocket. A. further object is to obtain a cigar of the kind named which will eliminate, when smoked, the discharge of scrap tobacco into the mouth of the smoker. A further object is to obtain a machine whereby a cigar bunch is obtainable having a combined long and scrap tobacco filler, which is uniformly filled throughout the length thereof, a further object is to obtain a cigar bunch comprising scrap tobacco whereof the binder will be of less percentage compared to the remainder of the bunch, than can be obtained wherein the filler thereof consists entirely of scrap tobacco. To obtain a cigar bunch having combined long filler and scrap tobacco which is superior in its smoking quality than is an ordinary scrap tobacco filled cigar. To obtain a machine made bunch, having combined long filler and scrap tobaccos, which is more uniform in appear ance than can be made of the same material by hand, and in addition, to obtain means whereby an operator of the machine can produce a greater number of bunches, in a given time, of the kind desired than can be produced in the same time by skillful hand workers,

I have illustrated a machine embodying this invention in the drawings referred to, in Wl1l0l1 Fig. 1 is a front elevation.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section, on an enlarged scale, on line 2-2 of Fig. 8, viewed as indicated by arrows.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a member which is rigidly mounted on the main shaft of the machine.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section, on an enlarged scale, on line 5+5 of Fig 1, viewed as indicated by arrows.

Fig. 6 is a. horizontal section, on an enlarged scale. on line 6 of Fig. 5, viewed as indicated by arrows.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a portion of a vertical shaft, a hub on said shaft provided with an arm, a pulley, a weight, and a flexible cord attached tovsaid arm and weight, and extending over said pulley.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a portion of a verticalshaft, a hub on said shaft provided with an arm, a pulley, a weight and afleXible cord attached to said arm and weight, and extendingover said pulley.

Said arms, flexible cords, pulleys and weights illustrated in Figs. 6 and 6 being illustrated in horizontal views in Fig. 7.

Fig. 7 is a horizontal section, on an enlarged scale, on line 7-7 of Fig. 1, viewed as indicated by arrows.

Fig. 8 is a horizontal section, on an enlargedsc'ale, on line 8-'8 of Fig. 1, viewed as indicated by arrows.

Fig. 9 is a vertical section, on an enlarged scale, on line 9-9 of Fig. 8, viewed as indicated by arrows.

Fig. 10 is an isometric view showing a plurality of the scrap tobacco measuring and discharge recesses on dial members 'whiclrare positioned. 11]. the scrap tobacco reservoirof the machine, a plurality of agitator fingers over-said dials, a chute through which scrap tobacco is discharged from said recesses, a vertical sectional view of the longitudin'allymovable funnel and presser board, in raised positions, a mold table, an apron on said table, and a binder on said apron, and a yieldingly movable member between which and the end of the mold frame of the machine. 'tivel'y represent cross members of the frame.

mounted on rotatable shaft 14;

table a completed cigar bunch is deposited.

Fig. 11 is an isometric view, showing a plurality of the scrap tobacco measuring and discharge recesses and the discharge chute illustrated in Fig. 1.0, and the remaining elements illustrated in Fig. 10, with the funnel in. its downward position, resting on the binder, and with scrap tobacco in said funnel, and on said binder, said funnel being shown in vertical section, to expose said scrap tobacco to view.

Fig. 12 isan isometric view of the mold board, the yielding bunch holding member at one end thereof, the apron on said board, the roller, and scrap tobacco deposited on the binder.

Fig. 13 is an isometric View showing the several parts whichare illustrated'in Fig. '12, with long filleritobacco laid on the scrap tobacco.

Fig 14 is an isometric view showing the p several parts illustrated in Fig. 13, with "additional scrap tobacco'd'eposited on the long filler tobacco.

Fig. 15 is an lsometric view of the parts illustrated in Fig. 14, with said parts in position illustrating the cigar bunch as partially rolled.

Fig. 16 is an isometric view of the parts illustrated in Fig. 15, with the cigar bunch deposited in the yielding member at the end of the moldboard, and the apron and roller in position to permit an additional bunch tobe made; and. V, r V

Fig. 17 isan isometric new of a'cigar bunch'ma'de in themaehine, aportion thereof in section, to show the relative positions of the long filler and scrap'tobaccos.

A'refere'nce character applied to designate a given part 'indicates -said part throughout the "several views "wherever 'the same appears.

1, 2, respectively represent the sides of the 3, 4, and 5, respec- 6 and 7, respectively"represent brackets secured to'si'des 1 and 2; and 8, 9, the parts 'of' said brackets which serve as guides to the longitudinally movable funnel 10.

r presents a longitudinally movable presser board, which extends downward into funnel 10. 12, Figs. 1 and 2, represents a pivotally mounted member which is arranged to co-act with cam 13, said cam being rigidly 15 represents springs which yieldingly hold member 12 in normal position, substantially as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2; and 16, 17, Fig. 8, respectively represent the pivots on which member 12 is mounted. Shaft 14 is rotatable in clock wise direction, as viewed in Figs. 2 and 3. 18 represents ardriving wheel which is loosely mounted on shaft 14, to be rotatable thereon. 19 represents a clutch member rigidly mounted on driving wheel pins'orbolts 32, 32, Fig. 1.

18. 20 represents a clutch member rigidly mounted on shaft 14. 21 represents a foot pedal, which is pivotally mounted on pin or bolt 22, (Fig. 3). 23 represents a con necting rod between the pedal 21 and the pivotally mounted member 24. Pivotally mounted member 24 is provided with a hooked end which extends into an aperture provided therefor in the pivoted forked member 25. The prongs of said fork being extended into groove 26 on the hub of wheel 18. The depression of treadle or pedal 21 draws down "the connection 23, turning'member 24 on its pivot, and moving forked member 25 to move wheel 18 on shaft 14, thereby forcing clutch member 19 into engagement'with clutch member 20, Y I

thereby causing the driving 'wheel 18, (which turns continuously) to rotate shaft 14. 1 The pedal member 21 and the several arts whereby the wheel 18 is moved on shaft 14 to force clutch member 19 into engagement with clutch member 20, form no part of this invention, and'are not further described or illustrated. 27 represents the mold board of the'machine, and28 a member which is pivotally mounted in brackets 29, 29. 30 represents'a spring whichyieldingly holds-member 28 in the position illustrated in Figs. 1, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15. When a bunch (100, Fig. 16)"is' completed, as hereinafter described, it is deposited between the end of the mold bo'ard27 and yielding member 28. -'31 represents a movable frame which is pivotally mounted on 33 represents a roller which is rotatably mounted in frame 31, so that by movement of. said frame from normal position, the'roller 33'is moved over them'old board 27,'to'ward and slightly be yond the forward end of said mold board. 34 represents an'apron, preferably ofrubber on the upper face thereof, which is secured at its forwardend to the forwardedge of mold board 27, and at its rear edge between the cleats-3 5 an'd36, which are positioned slightly back of the rearend of said mold board. (Heat 36 is 'secured'to the cross member of the frame, (4). 37 represents a groove which extends laterally across the mold board 27 ,adjacent to the rear end thereof. Vifhen the funnel 10 is in its downward position, say asillustrated in Fig. 11,

.it is in substantial contact with'that part of the binder, (99) on the apron 34, which is over the groove 37. The mold board 27, provided .with groove 37, yielding member '28, brackets 29, 29, spring 30, frame 31, pivto said arm 42, as by pin or bolt 44, (Fig. 7).

represents a vertically mounted rotatable shaft, and 46 a wheel having ratchet teeth on the face thereof, with which teeth the dog or ratchet 43 is arranged to engage. 47 represents a connection which is loosely mounted, at one end thereof, on the vertical shaft 45, and at the other end thereof pivotally connected by pin or bolt 48 to the dog or ratchet 43. 49 represents a flexible cord or cable which is attached at one end'to arm 42, to extend over the pulley 50, and to weight 51, to which it is attached. When shaft 38 is turned a determined angular distance by means hereinafter described, the

hub and arm (41, 42,) are turned therewith, thereby moving the dog or ratchet 43 a determined distance, to move the ratchet wheel 46 a determined angular distance, to discharge scrap tobacco on to a binder, (99) on board 34, as is hereinafter described, and when said shaft 38 is released from the turn ing means the weight 51 and connection 49, returns said arm 42, hub 41 and shaft 38, as well as dog or ratchet 43, to their initial and normal position. 52 represents an additional vertical shaft which is rotatably mounted in bearings 53 and 54. 55 represents a hub which is rigidly mounted on shaft 52, and 56 represents an arm which is illustrated as integral with hub 55. 57 represents a link which connects the arm 56 with frame 31. 58, Fig. 7, represents a flexible cord or cable which extends over the pulley 59 and to the weight 60 being attached to said weight and to arm 56. When the shaft 52 is turned a determined angular distance, by means hereinafter described, the hub 55 and an arm 56 are turned therewith, and by means of connecting link 57 the frame 31 is turned on pivots 32, 32, to move the free end of said frame forward, together with the roller 33, carried thereby, over the mold board 27. When the means moving said frame 31, as last above described, is released, the shaft 52, and said frame 31, are returned to their initial and normal position, by cord or cable 58, and weight 60. 61, Figs. 3 and 5, represent stationary base of a reservoir for scrap tobacco, and 62 represents a cylinder which forms said reservoir, which is mounted on base 61. 63 represents a disc which is provided with hub 64, and is loosely mounted on shaft 45. 65 represents a cone which is provided, at the upper end thereof, with a hub, 66, which is rigidly secured to shaft 45, as by pin or bolt 67, (Fig. The lower and larger end of cone 65 is provided with a horizontal member, having recesses formed by vertical walls 69, and said vertical walls extend into corresponding recesses, (7 0), Figs. 5 and 6, in the disc 63. The walls of said recesses, together with the vertical cylindrical wall of base 61, form pockets on the periphery of disc 63 and the horizontal part of cone member 65, into which scrap tobacco contained in the reservoir 62, may fall, or be swept; and to insure the filling up of said pocketswith scrap tobacco the agitator 71 is mounted on the tube 72, and the bevelled gears 73, 74 and 75 are provided to turn said agitator in the reser voir, in the opposite direction to the turning of members 63 and 65. The bevelled gear 73 is rigidly mounted on shaft 45, and the bevelled gear 75 is rigidly mounted on tube 72, as is also the hub 76 of agitator 71. The bevelled gear 74 is loosely mounted on member 77, said member, at one end thereof, being loosely mounted on shaft 45. 78 represents a hub which is rigidly secured on member 77, as by set bolt 79, to hold bevelled gear 74 into mesh with bevelled gears 73 and 75. 80 represents a chute, the receiving end whereof communicates with the interior of base 61, to receive scrap tobacco contained in the one of the recesses 69, 7 O, which registers therewith, in the step by step turning of members 63, 65, as said members are turned by the turning of shaft 45, through the movement of dog or ratchet 43, arm 42, hub 41, and shaft 38. 81 represents a horizontal member, termed a knife, which rests on the upper face of the horizontal part of member 65, over the recess formed by the vertical wall 69 which registers with said chute; the object of said member 81 being to cut off communication between said reservoir 62 and the one of said recesses registering with said chute 80. 82 represents a plate on the outer wall of base 63, which is attached to a vertical flange of member 81, as by pin or bolt 83. 84 represents a member which is pivotally mounted on cross member 5 of the frame, as by pin 85, and 86 represents a connection between one end of member 84 and funnel 10. The member 86 is provided with a projection 87. 88 and 89 represent, respectively, cam members, which are mounted on disc 90, said disc having a hub 91 which is rigidly secured to shaft 14, (Fig. 9). Upon the rotation of shaft 14, the hub 91, disc 90 are turned, and the one of cams 88 and 89 which is adjacent to projection 87 raises said projection, together with connection 86, funnel 10 and the end of arm 84 which is attached to said connection 86, and upon the turning of shaft 14 sufficiently to take the one of said cams 88, 89, which has raised said projection 87, out from engagement therewith, said funnel 10 and connection 86 will move downward, by gravity, so that the lower edge of said funnel is adjacent to and resting on a binder on apron 34, as is illustrated in Fig. 11. It thus occurs that upon each revolution of shaft 14 the funnel 10 will be raised two times, maintained in its raised position a determined time, and moved downward two times, (by gravity), to

rest on the binder which is placed under said funnel on the apron. It is contemplated that upon each downward movement of funnel 10 a discharge of scrap tobacco from the reservoir 62 will be delivered, through chute 80, into the funnel 10, and to effect said discharge the shaft 38 must be turned a determined angular distance in timed relation to said downward movements. To obtain this discharge the geared sector 92 is rigidly mounted on the upper end of shaft- 38, in position to'have the teeth thereon successively engaged by the teeth on sectors 93 and 9 1. Sectors 93 and 94 are illustrated in Fig. 4 as integral with hub 95, and are termed double sectors- Said hub 95 is mounted on shaft 14:, and rigidly secured in adjusted position by set bolts 96, 96. 97, Fig. 2, represents a pivotally mounted member which is in the path of movement of cam 13, and 98 represents a connection between member 97 and presser board 11. By means of said cam 13 the member 97, connection 98 and presser board 11 are forced down on to the tobacco on binder 99, once on each revolution of 4 in engagement with projection Or abutment 87, and the connection 86 and funnel 10 are maintained, by said cam, in a raised position. Cam member 89 is of sufficient length to maintain, in the manner described, the fun nel 10 in a raised position While the engagement of the teeth of sector 101 With the teeth of sector 102 continues, said engagement turning the shaft 52 and moving the frame 31 to move roller 33 forward on the mold board 27. And said cam' 89.is also, of sufiicient length to maintain said funnel 10 in raised position subsequent to the extreme forward travel of said frame 31 and roller 33, andthe return of said frame and roller to their initial and normal position; said return being effected as soon as the teeth of sector 101 move out of engagement with the teeth of sector 102, by means of the weight 60, and connection 58, described.

In Fig. 17, 99 represents the binder, 103, 105, represent scrap tobacco, and 104 represents long filler tobacco. In this figurethe disposition or relation of the scrap tobacco and the long filler tobacco in a completed bunch is readily observed.

The operation of the machine is as follows; Pedal 21 is forced downward to bring clutch members 19 and 20 into engagement. The driving wheel 18 turns continuously, and so long as said clutch members are in engagement the shaft 1 1 turns with driving as hereinbefore wheel 18. haft 14: is thus turned until cam member 89 comes into engagement with projection 87, the connection is raised, together with funnel 10, and the sector 1-01 engages with sector 102, moving the frame 31 and roller 33 forward. its determined distance. The teeth on sector 101 at this time have passed out of engagementwith the teeth on sector 102, and said frame 31 and roller 33 are returned to normal position by Weight 60. The pedal is then released, the apron s4 cleaned of scrap tobacco, if any there be thereon, and a binder 99 placed in position on the apron 34, substantially as illustrated in Fig. 10. The pedal 21 is again depressed, and shaft 14 againrotated until cam member 89 moves out from under projection 87; As said cam member moves out from said projection the teeth of one of the double sectors 93, 94, engagewith the teeth of the sector 92, and turns shaft 38 to move the hub 41 arm 42 and dog or ratchet 43, to turn the ratchet wheel 16 a determined distance, thereby turning the shaft 4-5 and members 63 and 65 in the reservoir 62, so that the recess in said members which is adjacent to the chute 80 will be turned thereover, to register therewith, and the scrap tobacco contained in said recess will be discharged through said chute, into funnel 10, and from thence on to the binder 99. This discharge'of scrap tobacco on said binder is effected before the cam 88 engages with projection 87, and while said funnel 10 is-down, with the lower ec ge thereof adjacent to the binder 99, as is illustrated in Fig. 11. Subsequent to'the discharge of scrap tobacco, as above setforth, cam 88 is turned into engagement with projection 87, and connection 86 is raised, raising the funnel 10, leaving the tobacco scraps on binder 99, substantially as illustrated in Fig. 1.2. The long filler tobacco is then placed on the scrap tobacco, as is illustrated in Fig. 13. At the time of the placing of long filler tobacco on the already deposited scrap tobacco, the operator may raise his foot from pedal 21, thereby disconnecting the clutch members 19 and 20, and so stopping the revolution of shaft 1%, thus giving him all the time he may require to properly place said long filler. no soon as the long filler is deposited, as desired, the pedal is again depressed and the shaft 14,- being turned thereby, cam member 88 is moved from projection 87, and said projection, together with connection 86 and funnel 10, may, and by gravity will, movedownward, and when the lower edges of said funnel come substantially into contact with the long filler tobacco, (104), additional scrap tobacco Will be discharged from an additional one of the recesses 69, 70, into the funnel 10, and on to the long filler, 104C, (as'105, Fig. 141).' The discharge of this additional scrap tobacco is effected by the remaining one of the double sectors 93, and 94 being turned so that the teeth of one thereof comes into engage ment with the teeth of sector 92, and again turning, (or twisting), shaft 38 hub 41, and arm 4-2, to move dog or ratchet 43 sufficiently to turn the ratchet wheel 46 so that the members 63 and 81 will move to bring a filled recess, 69 and 70, to register with chute 80. At the time of the registering of the several recesses with chute 80, said recesses pass under the horizontal portion of member 81, and thereby the scrap tobacco in said recesses which is (if any), above the top of the pockets formed thereby, is swept therefrom, and no additional scrap tobacco can flow or fall into said recesses until, by the continued operation of the machine said recess has passed out from under member 81; after which additional scrap tobacco may fall into the empty recess, and the arms of the agitator 71 tend to brush scrap tobacco into said pockets, and in practice before the member 65 has made a complete revolution the pockets will be filled with scrap tobacco.

I claim:

1. In a cigar bunch machine provided with a mold board, an apron on said board secured at its ends, a roller between said apron and said board, and means to move said roller on said board at timed intervals, a funnel, a tobacco holding reservoir, a chute from said reservoir arranged to discharge scrap tobacco from said reservoir, and means to discharge a determined quantity of scrap tobacco into said chute, and a presser board in said funnel, the combination of means to permit said funnel to move downward with the lower edge thereof adjacent to a cigar binder on saidapron in timed relation to the discharge of scrap tobacco from said reservoir through said chute into said funnel below said presser board, means to raise said funnel to permit the placing on said scrap tobacco of long filler tobacco, means to permit said funnel to'move downward a second time, with the lower edge thereof adjacent to said long filler tobacco, means to discharge additional scrap tobacco from said reservoir through said chute and funnel on to said long filler tobacco in timed relation with the downward movement of said funnel, and means to movesaid presser board down on to the tobacco in said funnel, and means to again raise said funnel to permit said roller and the apron thereover to pass under said funnel, and means to move said roller forward on said board and to permit its return to its initial on said table and over said roller, a longitudinally movable funnel, means to raise said funnel, to permit the laying of a tobacco binder on said apron and to permit said funnel. to move downward with the lower edge thereof adjacent to said binder, and means in timed relation to said downward movement of said funnel to discharge scrap tobaccofrom said-reservoir into said funnel, means in timed relation to said discharge of scrap tobacco, to again raise said funnel to permit the laying of long filler tobacco on the scrap tobacco on said binder and to permit said funnel to move down- .Ward with the lower edge thereof adjacent to said long filler tobacco, and means, in timed relation to said additional downward movement ofsaid funnel to discharge additional scrap tobacco on said long filler tobacco, a vertically movable presser board in said funnel, normally in a raised position, means to move said presser board down on to said additional discharge of scrap tobacco and in timed relation thereto, and to raise said presser board to normal position, said first named upward movement of said funnel being in timed relation to the forward movement and return of said roller on said mold board, and means to move said roller forward on said board to roll said binder and the tobacco thereon into a bunch and to discharge said'bunch from said apron.

3. In a tobacco bunch machine provided with a reservoir for scrap tobacco and a chute therefrom and means to discharge tobacco from said reservoir onto said chute, a longitudinally movable funnel, and a longitudinally movable presser board in said funnel, and provided with a mold board, a roller movable from its normal position over said board, and an apron on said board and over said roller, in combination with a rotatably mounted shaft pro.- vided with a clutch member rigidly secured thereon, a wheel loosely mounted on said shaft and slidable thereon, a clutch member on said wheel {and} pedally operable means to slide said wheel on said shaft to engage said clutch members, a pivotally mounted member, a connection between said pivotally mounted member and said fun nel, a plurality of cams rigidly mounted on said shaft and arranged to co-act with said pivotally mounted member to raise said funnel, a plurality of times at each revolution of said, shaft, and to permit said funnel to move downward. a plurality of times at each revolution of said shaft, and an additional pivotally mounted member, a

connection between said additional pivotally mounted member and said presser board, and an. additional cam rigidly, mounted on said shaft arranged to force said presser board downward and to permit its being raised at each revolution of said shaft, and

and return to said normal'position, means to move said roller and to permit its return,a longitudinally movable funnel and a longitudinally movable presser board in said funnel, a reservoir for scrap tobacco, and means to discharge scrap tobacco into said funnel, in combination with means to raise the said funnel and to permit it to move downward, and means to move said presser board downward and to permit it to be moved upward, and yielding means to move it upward, said means to move said funnel arranged to obtain a plurality of 25 upward movements thereof to each downward movement and return of said presser board, and the movements of said funnel and .presserboard arranged in timed relation to the discharge of scrap tobacco from 30' said reservoir, and the movement of said roller from its normal position and its return thereto. v

5. In a cigar bunch machine, a rotatably mounted driving shaft, a double sector rigidly -mounted on said shaft, said sectors respectively provided with gear teeth, a rotatably mounted vertical shaft, means to return said vertical shaft to, and to yieldingly maintain it inits initial position, a sector rigidly mounted on said verticalshaft and 'provded with gear teeth, said gear teeth arranged to be successively engaged by the gear teeth on said first named double sector, and an arm rigidly mounted on said vertical shaft adjacent to the lower end thereof, in" combination with an additional rotatably mounted shaft, a wheel rigidly mounted on said additional vertical shaft, ratchet teeth on the upper side of said wheel, a dogvarranged to engage with said ratchet teeth, and said dog pivotally attached to said arm; whereby, at each revolution of said rotatably mounted shaftsaid wheel having ratchet teeth thereon and the vertical shaftron which it is mounted will be turned a determined angular distance upon each engagement of the teeth on said double sector with the teeth ofvsaid sector on said first named vertical shaft. a c

6. In a cigar bunch machine,'a rotatably mounted shaft, a plurality of cams rigidly mounted On said shaft, a pivotally mounted arm, a longitudinally movable funnel, a connection between said arm and said funnel, a projection on said connection arranged to each raising thereof, all combined as set forth. 7

7. In a cigar bunch machine,'a rotatably mounted shaft, a double sector rigidly mounted on said shaft, each of the peripheral parts thereof provided with gear teeth, a rotatably mounted vertical shaft, means to return said vertical shaft to, and to yield ingly maintain it in itsinitial position, a sector rigidly mounted on said vertical shaft, said sector provided with gear teeth, the gear teeth on said double sector arranged to successively engage with the gear teeth on said sector on said vertical shaft, a reservoir' for scrap tobacco, a chute fromsaid reservoir, a rotatably mounted vertical shaft extending into said reservoir, a disc 'in said reservoir arranged to be turned by the turning of said last named vertical shaft, said disc provided with recesses onthe periphery thereof arranged to register with said chute, in combination with a. ratchet wheel on the vertical shaft which extends intosaidreservoir, a dog arranged .to engage with the teethof said ratchet wheel, an arrnri idly Secured to said first named vertical siaft, adjacent to the lower end thereof, and a pivotal connection between said arm and said dog. c

8. In a cigar bunch machine, a rotatably mounted shaft, a plurality of sectors having a common hubrigidly mounted on said shaft, and respectively provided with gear teeth, cams rigidly mounted on saidshaft,

and an additional sector rigidly mounted on 7 said shaft and provided with gear teeth, vertical shafts rotatably mounted, sectors rigidly secured to said" vertical'shafts, respectively, and said sectors respectively provided with gear teeth, the gear teeth on said first named sectors arranged to successively engage with the gear teeth on the sector on one of'saidvertical shafts, and the remaining sector on said first named shaft arranged so that the gear teeth there- 'on engage with the gear teeth of the sector on the remaining vertical shaft, a longitudinally movable funnel, a pivotally mounted arm, a connection pivotally attached to said funnel and to said arm,a projection on said connection, said cams arranged to successively engage with saidprojection to raise said funnel and to be disengaged from said projection, to permit said funnel to move downward, in combination with means to discharge scrap tobacco into said funnel,

said means comprising said first named' vertical shaft, a mold board, a roller movable on said board, an apron onsaid board I and over said roller,'a-nd means comprising said second named vertical shaft to move said roller along said board, a presser board in said funnel, an additional cam on said rotatable shaft, an additional pivotally mounted member and a connection between said additional pivotally mounted member and said presser board, all arranged to move said funnel, said presser board and said roller, and to discharge scrap tobacco in timed relation.

9. A cigar bunch machine comprising a rotatably mounted shaft, a double sector, provided with gear teeth, rigidly mounted on said shaft, a vertical shaft, a sector provided with gear teeth, rigidly mounted on a the upper end of said shaft, with said gear teeth in the path of movement of the gear teeth on said double sector, and said double sector arranged to move the gear teeth thereo'n successively into engagement with the gear teeth on said sector on said vertical shaft, and means to return said vertical shaft to and yieldingly maintain it in its initial position, in combination with a plurality of cam members rigidly mounted on said shaft, a funnel, a pivoted arm, a connection between said funnel and said arm, and a projection on said connection positioned in the path of movement of said plurality of cam members, all arranged so that the movements of said vertical shaft and said funnel are in timed relation.

JOHN SEGEDY. Witnesses:

CHARLES TURNER BROWN, MORRIS KRAUS. 

